No-one makes pies????

SnowyOwl_2

Sarahsaver wrote:

There are a load of pie recipes in the latest SHE magazine
mmm...pie...

I spotted that too! It's also got a Nigel Slater recipe book with it as a free gift - it just had to be bought....

hex2

SnowyOwl wrote:

I spotted that too! It's also got a Nigel Slater recipe book with it as a free gift - it just had to be bought....

Snowy, off post but which Nigel Slater book please? I might actually have to go to a supermarket and find it.......

rainbowrisin

Lakeland is going down hill IMHO - they were always a tad pricey, but a few years back you could be certain of getting preserving bottles, the rubber seals, jam seals, certo, pie dishes, isinglass (spelling sorry, it's fish gut solution used for preserving eggs - perhaps no great loss to the nation that it's now obsolete) and various other bits.
Recently they seem to be going more down the crafts and fancy food route, with more emphasis on electrical equipment (yoghurt makers and so on) and a lot of the more traditional stuff has sadly gone by the wayside.
I am a great believer in jumble sales for bril cooking equipment (infact I am a believer in jumble sales for most of life's non-edible necessities and luxuries). It's also worth going to an auction or two, particularly those who specialise in house clearances. You can often get a great pile of kitchen stuff for a few quid - it's not all antiques roadshow and bargain hunter stuff by a long shot.
If you have a "junk" shop near you then make a few enquiries - often the owner will have bought job lots at auction on the basis some of it is sellable, but may well have other stuff which they can't get shot of - including kitchen stuff, which often doesn't sell that well.
As for not making pies - we at the rainbowrisin residence are proud purveyors of meat and tattie pies, chicken and mushroom pies, cheese and onion pies, steak and kidney pies, leak and bacon pies, apple pies, plum pies, vegetable pies - infact pretty much anything tastes good with a pastry crust on it.
None of us show any signs of wobble bottom as yet (the littlies are scrawny), but there's time yet:D

SnowyOwl_2

hex2 wrote:

Snowy, off post but which Nigel Slater book please? I might actually have to go to a supermarket and find it.......

Hi Hex2 - the book is Nigel Slater's Real Fast Food. It's a paperback edition, no pictures and is 326 pages long. The book on its own is definitely worth more than the cover price of the magazine in my opinion. The magazine is actually quite good though. They have quite a few pie recipes in it this month as already mentioned, and they have some stew recipes which they have highlighted as good for freezing. Oh yeah, and some handbags for about £900.

Shez

I saw pie plates in Ikea today about £2.49.

SnowyOwl_2

Thanks Shez. They are building an Ikea on the outskirts of Belfast - 1st one ever in Ireland!! Can feel the money draining from my current account already....

thriftlady_2

rainbowrisin wrote:

Lakeland is going down hill IMHO - they were always a tad pricey, but a few years back you could be certain of getting preserving bottles, the rubber seals, jam seals, certo, pie dishes, isinglass (spelling sorry, it's fish gut solution used for preserving eggs - perhaps no great loss to the nation that it's now obsolete) and various other bits.
Recently they seem to be going more down the crafts and fancy food route, with more emphasis on electrical equipment (yoghurt makers and so on) and a lot of the more traditional stuff has sadly gone by the wayside.

Couldn't agree more

rainbowrisin wrote:

As for not making pies - we at the rainbowrisin residence are proud purveyors of meat and tattie pies, chicken and mushroom pies, cheese and onion pies, steak and kidney pies, leak and bacon pies, apple pies, plum pies, vegetable pies - infact pretty much anything tastes good with a pastry crust on it.
None of us show any signs of wobble bottom as yet (the littlies are scrawny), but there's time yet:D

How do you manage that then ? Are you all very active ? Mind you my kids are slim and fit despite all the home baking it's just me that isn't :rolleyes:

ozzyfan_2

I managed to get a blue & white enamel pie dish like the one mentioned earlier from The Range, not sure if you have one in your area https://www.therange.co.uk & its worth having a look in camping shops for enamel plates. My mother-in-law told me this after I had searched everywhere for them!

raeble

rainbowrisin wrote:

Lakeland is going down hill IMHO - they were always a tad pricey, but a few years back you could be certain of getting preserving bottles, the rubber seals, jam seals, certo, pie dishes, isinglass (spelling sorry, it's fish gut solution used for preserving eggs - perhaps no great loss to the nation that it's now obsolete) and various other bits.
Recently they seem to be going more down the crafts and fancy food route, with more emphasis on electrical equipment (yoghurt makers and so on) and a lot of the more traditional stuff has sadly gone by the wayside.

I agree about Lakeland being pricey. Lately I've noticed that even my local department store - Fenwicks undercuts the Lakeland store in Nottingham on the things that they have in common. The only time I buy something in Lakeland is if it is the same price or cheaper than somewhere else.

On topic my grandmother has used enamel plates before to make pies. I think I'll go and nick hers as she has stopped making them.

Penelope_Penguin

I've been inspired by this thread. Made an apple and plum pie, and put leaves on top of a sweet pie, just to show that I can!! Also 12 raspberry jam tarts with the excess pastry. Yummy!

Penny. x